Gingerbread Boys

This easy recipe for gingerbread men has been renamed Gingerbread boys by Zach, for obvious reasons.  All sorts of shapes can be used for this delicious recipe.  Add a ribbon and they even become Christmas decorations to hang on the tree or gifts for your favourite people.  For the creatively challenged of you, a word of warning.....I tried to add a ribbon after they were baked but found that drilling a hole in their heads with scissors didn't work.  So remember to put a add that hole before you bake!

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

• 350g (12oz) plain flour, plus extra for rolling out

• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 125g (4½oz) sunflower margarine
  175g (6oz) light soft brown sugar
  1 tbsp Ener-G egg replacer
• Splash of dairy free milk
• 4 tbsp golden syrup

 

To decorate:

•  writing icing
• cake decorations

What to do: 

• Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon.
• Pour into the bowl of a food processor. 
• Add the butter and blend until the mix looks like breadcrumbs. 
• Stir in the sugar.
• With a small whisk combine the egg replacer with a splash of milk until it is a thick consistency without lumps.
• Add the egg replacer mix and and golden syrup to the food processor and pulse until the mixture clumps together. 
• Remove the dough, wrap in clingfim and leave in the fridge for 15 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 180C (350F, Gas mark 4) and line two baking trays with greaseproof paper.
  
• Roll the dough out to a 0.5cm/¼in thickness on a lightly floured surface.  Using cutters, cut out the gingerbread men shapes and place on the baking tray, leaving a gap between them.  Use something with a rounded pointy end (I used the end of a whisk!) to carve eyes, a smile and A HOLE where you would like to thread a ribbon.
  
• Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until lightly golden-brown. Leave on the tray for 10 minutes and then move to a wire rack to finish cooling. When cooled decorate with the writing icing and cake decorations.
• Pile them together and tie with a ribbon, or thread your ribbon through the hole and hang on your tree!

  

  Cheeky!

 

Enjoy!

 

Charlotte x